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Andromaque

play by Racine

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adaptation by Philips

In Ambrose Philips
…adaptation of Jean Racine’s play Andromaque.
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discussed in biography

In Jean Racine: Works of Jean Racine
In Andromaque (performed 1667, published 1668) Racine replaced heroism with realism in a tragedy about the folly and blindness of unrequited love within a chain of four characters. The play is set in Epirus after the Trojan War. King Pyrrhus vainly loves his captive, the Trojan…
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